NOUN | plant | family Burseraceae, Burseraceae, torchwood family | resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees |
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Meaning | resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees. | |
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Synonyms | Burseraceae, torchwood family | |
Member of | Geraniales, order Geraniales | An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants |
Members | Boswellia, genus Boswellia | genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense |
Bursera, genus Bursera | type genus of Burseraceae | |
Commiphora, genus Commiphora | genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products | |
Protium, genus Protium | genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi | |
incense tree | Any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense | |
Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | burseráceas | |
Catalan | Burseraceae, burseràcia, burseràcies |
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